Risk for Travel-associated Legionnaires’ Disease, Europe, 2009
| Autor: | Birgitta de Jong, Julien Beauté, P Zucs |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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waterborne Legionnaires' disease Epidemiology lcsh:Medicine Environmental protection Travel medicine bacteria Child travel risk media_common biology airborne Middle Aged Europe Infectious Diseases Population Surveillance surveillance population characteristics Female Risk assessment geographic locations Adult Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Legionella lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Young Adult Environmental health parasitic diseases medicine pneumonia Humans media_common.cataloged_instance lcsh:RC109-216 European union Aged Denominator data legionellosis business.industry Research lcsh:R social sciences respiratory biology.organism_classification medicine.disease business human activities Travel Medicine Tourism |
| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 11, Pp 1811-1816 (2012) Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| ISSN: | 1080-6059 1080-6040 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid1811.120496 |
| Popis: | Infections increased in a southeastern direction, with highest risk in Greece. Legionnaires’ disease is underreported in Europe; notification rates differ substantially among countries. Approximately 20% of reported cases are travel-associated. To assess the risk for travel-associated Legionnaires’ disease (TALD) associated with travel patterns in European countries, we retrieved TALD surveillance data for 2009 from the European Surveillance System, and tourism denominator data from the Statistical Office of the European Union. Risk (number cases reported/number nights spent) was calculated by travel country. In 2009, the network reported 607 cases among European travelers, possibly associated with 825 accommodation sites in European Union countries. The overall risk associated with travel abroad was 0.3 cases/million nights. We observed an increasing trend in risk from northwestern to southeastern Europe; Greece had the highest risk (1.7). Our findings underscore the need for countries with high TALD risks to improve prevention and control of legionellosis; and for countries with high TALD risks, but low notification rates of Legionnaires’ disease to improve diagnostics and reporting. |
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